Long Distance Way Marked Walks

The Seven Heads Walk

“The Seven Heads Walk extends from Timoleague Village through Courtmacsherry, around the rugged cliffs and shore line to Dunworley and on through Barryscove and Ardgehane to Aghafore and Barry’s Hall and then back to Timoleague. The walk embraces a very interesting and varied territory in the course of its entire distance of approx. 42.5km around the peninsula. As there are several routes and circular walks one can choose a route to suit the time and energy available. As well as the breathtaking and rugged scenery which the route embraces, there are also historical sites and a wide variety of interesting flora and fauna which varies with the time of year. The walkway leads through a variety of different types of scenery, rocky coastlines with magnificent marine life, sandy beaches, extensive rich farm land, picturesque villages and farm yards, prolific bird life with some rare birds such as the choughs and the little egret, old woodland and hedge rows with fuchsia in abundance.” from Discover Ireland.

Starting Point: Timoleague Village
Distance: 42.5km

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The Western Way

“This 66 km linear walking route provides an excellent introduction for walkers to the beautiful and scenic wildernesses of Connemara in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Starting in the famous angler’s town of Oughterard on Lough Corrib, it follows the western edge of the lake, one of the longest, and the second largest lake in Ireland, northwards into a magnificent wilderness of mountain and bog to reach civilisation again at the village of Maam Bridge. It was from here that the Scottish engineer Alexander Nimmo planned the modern roads of Connemara in the early 19th century. From Maam Bridge the route crosses the rugged Maumturk Mountains by a pass, at the top of which is Maum Ean, a holy place that has attracted pilgrims since the early Christian period. Descending again into the beautiful Inagh Valley the route passes between the Twelve Bens and the Maumturks, and through a sad landscape that was, before the Great Famine, well populated by cottiers, to reach the shores of Killary Harbour and the picturesque village of Leenane, one of the locations for the movie The Field. Overnight accommodation is limited along the route, so careful planning is necessary. The terrain consists of quiet roads, bog roads, open moorland, forestry tracks, mountain paths and about 3km of timber bog bridge: some parts of the route can be very wet and boggy, particularly after a rainy period, when there is a fast run-off from the Connemara mountains. The total aggregate ascent over the route is about 620m” from Discover Ireland.

Starting Point: Oughterard
Distance: 620m

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The Barrow Way

The Barrow was made navigable in the eighteenth century by the insertion of short sections of canal along its course, and the 114km long Barrow Way follows surviving towpaths and riverside roads from the canal hamlet of Lowtown in County Kildare to the beautiful monastic site and village of St Mullins in south County Carlow. It is a peaceful route through a quiet sylvan landscape, with the constantly expanding river, growing more majestic every mile. Terrain consists mainly of grassy towpaths, tracks and quiet roads.

Starting Point: Robertstown
Finishing Point: St. Mullins
Distance: 100km
Time: 4 days

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The Leitrim Way

This walk passes through a variety of landscape features common to this beautiful part of Ireland. Starting at the East shore of Lough Allen, the walker travels through intensely beautiful scenery until reaching the upland wilderness of Barlear. The route is made up of tracks old and new in its entirety, resulting in a fast pace. It is generally more attractive to walk from Drumshambo to Manorhamilton. The total distance is 48km/30 miles and the longest stage is from Dowra to Manorhamilton which is approximately a distance of 32km/20 miles.

Distance: 32km
Time: 2.5 days

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The Miners’ Way and Historical Trail

The Miners Way and Historical Trail is a route which explores the hills and valleys of leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo. It leaves the Leitrim way at Dowra and passes north of Lough Allen. It then meanders through the coal mining territory of the Arigna Mountains, tracing the ancient routes followed by the coal miners on their way to work. Then it goes westward through the Lough Key Forest Park to Boyle as the Historical Trail. It then crosses the Curlieu Mountains and the Bricklieve Mountains, skirting the many megalithic burial mounds of this area. From Castlebaldwin it heads eastwards to rejoin the Miners way near Ballyfarnon.

Starting Point: Arigna
Finishing Point: Dowra
Distance: 118km
Time: 5 days

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The Offaly Way

The Offaly Way links the Slieve Bloom Way with the Grand Canal Way. This short route takes in the scenic Silver River and an old bridge that Red Hugh O’Donnell’s army is said to have crossed en route to the Battle of Kinsale in 1601, a rare Mesolithic site at Boora, and St Manchan’s holy well and St Mella’s Cell, a tiny early Christian church at Lemanaghan. The terrain consists of mainly quiet side roads and a couple of riverbank paths that are often wet and muddy in places.

Starting Point: Cadamstown
Finishing Point: Lemanaghan
Distance: 29km
Time: 2 days

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The Slieve Bloom Way

The Slieve Bloom Mountains stand alone in Ireland’s Central Plain, which means they can be seen for many miles around and the views from their heights are very extensive. The Slieve Bloom Way crosses high, heathery ridges and dips down into many deep and beautiful glens through which streams flow. The range is heavily forested with modern conifers which lends much of the route good terrain on forestry roads but means long sections have little outlook. Generally terrain consists of forestry tracks, tarmac roads, mostly quiet, and paths beside streams and over open moorland, some of which can be wet and muddy.

Starting and Finishing Point: Glenbarrow
Distance: 84 km
Time: 4 days

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The Suck Valley Way

The Suck Valley Way is a circular route that runs up the west side of the Suck from Mount Talbot to the outskirts of the town of Castlerea and returns, with one brief interruption, down the east side. The landscape is a typical river valley – one of bogs, callows, woods and unspoilt traditional farmland of many tiny fields, and makes for wonderful and varied low-land walking. The terrain consists of a pleasant mix of cross-country paths through fields and woods, quiet side roads and there are a number of stretches along the banks of the river itself.

Starting and Finishing Point: Castlerea
Distance: 105km
Time: 5 days

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The Sligo Way

The Sligo Way is a route that traverses the County of Sligo in the northwest of Ireland from Lough Talt, in the Ox Mountains near the Mayo border, to the town of Dromahair in County Leitrim. There are magnificent views east over to Ben Bulben, north across Donegal Bay to Slieve League and west to the Nephin mountain range from the high moorland in the Ox Mountains during the early part of the route, and some pleasant woodland lakeside sections towards the end. As the route begins in the mountains, the total aggregate ascent over the entire route is only 900 metres, and there are no significant climbs involved at any stage. Terrain consists mainly of forest tracks and ride lines, quiet side roads, and open moorland paths (often wet and boggy in places).

Starting Point: Larrigan near Lough Talt
Finishing Point: Dromahair
Distance: 78km
Time: 3 days

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The Minors Way & Historical Trail

The Miners Way and Historical Trail is a route which explores the hills and valleys of leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo. It leaves the Leitrim way at Dowra and passes north of Lough Allen. It then meanders through the coal mining territory of the Arigna Mountains, tracing the ancient routes followed by the coal miners on their way to work. Then it goes westward through the Lough Key Forest Park to Boyle as the Historical Trail. It then crosses the Curlieu Mountains and the Bricklieve Mountains, skirting the many megalithic burial mounds of this area. From Castlebaldwin it heads eastwards to rejoin the Miners way near Ballyfarnon.

Starting Point: Arigna
Finishing Point: Dowra
Distance: 118km
Time: 5 days

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The Wicklow Way

The Way commences in the southern suburbs of Dublin and the route moves deep into high, heathery moorland. The Dublin and Wicklow Mountain range, is crossed before the route descends across a series of gentle foothills to reach the County Carlow village of Clonegal. It is a richly varied route, with the more dramatic scenery of mountains and lakes at the northern end, one is never very far from a public road. Among the dramatically scenic places taken in by the route as it wends its way through the mountains is the ancient and beautiful monastic site of Glendalough, where many will want to linger. Terrain consists of forestry tracks, quiet roads, boreens and mountain paths through open moorland. Some sections can be wet and muddy.

Starting Point: Marley Park, Rathfarnham in South Dublin
Finishing Point: Clonegal
Distance: 129km
Time: 6 days

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